1716 in Ireland
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Events from the year 1716 in Ireland.
Incumbent
Events
- June 20 – acts of the Parliament of Ireland for:{{cite book|editor=Moody, T. W.|title=A New History of Ireland. 8: A Chronology of Irish History|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=1989|isbn=978-0-19-821744-2|display-editors=etal}}
- Confiscating the estates of James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde and vesting them in the Crown, and abolishing the county palatine of Tipperary.
- Drainage and navigation of the River Shannon.
- The titles Viscount Molesworth and Baron Philipstown, of Swords in the County of Dublin, are created in the Peerage of Ireland for Robert Molesworth.{{cite book|editor1=Kidd, Charles |editor2=Williamson, David |title=Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage|year=1990|location=New York|publisher=St Martin's Press}}
Arts and literature
- November 12 – Johann Sigismund Kusser (Cousser) is appointed "Master of the Music, attending His Majesties State in Ireland".
- Sarah Butler's Irish Tales is published in London.{{cite web|first=Christina|last=Morin|title=Review: Vertue Rewarded (1693) and Irish Tales (1716)|work=Pue's Occurrences|url=http://puesoccurrences.com/2010/06/21/review-vertue-rewarded-1693-and-irish-tales-1716/|date=2012-06-24|access-date=2012-08-15|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201193851/http://puesoccurrences.com/2010/06/21/review-vertue-rewarded-1693-and-irish-tales-1716/|archive-date=2013-02-01|url-status=dead}}
Births
- November 1 – Tichborne Aston, politician (d. 1748)
- William Fisher, politician in Nova Scotia (d. 1777)
- Charles Tottenham, politician (d. 1795)
- Approximate date
- James Daly, politician (d. 1769)
- Richard Tyrell, naval officer (d. 1766)
Deaths
- August 6 – Paul Davys, 1st Viscount Mount Cashell, nobleman (b. c. 1670)
- October 17 – Henry Folliott, 3rd Baron Folliott, nobleman, landowner and politician.
- Patrick Donnelly, Roman Catholic Bishop of Dromore and poet (b. 1650)
- Garret Morphey, painter (b. c. 1650)
- 1716 or 1718 – Ruaidhrí Ó Flaithbheartaigh, historian (b. 1629)